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Structure of body parts.
-forms and organization |
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Functions of body parts.
-what they do and how they work |
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1. Movement
2. Responsiveness
3. Growth
4. Reproduction
5. Respiration
6. Digestion
7. Absorption
8. Circulation
9. Assimilation
10. Excretion |
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| Requirements of Organisms |
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1. Water
2. Food
3. Oxygen
4. Heat
5. Pressure |
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| The condition of a stable internal environment. |
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| Self-regulating control systems |
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| Parts of the Homeostatic Mechanism |
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1. Receptors
2. Control Center --> Set Points
3. Effectors |
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| Negative Feedback Mechanism |
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| Deviation from set-point is corrected. Gets closer to the set-point, going in the opposite direction as it was going before. |
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Negative Feedback Mechanism
EXAMPLE |
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| Body temperature, blood pressure, etc. |
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| Positive Feedback Mechanism |
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| Deviates farther from the set-point. Takes body in the same directions as it was going before. |
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Positive Feedback Mechanism
EXAMPLE |
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| Child Birth (Contractions), Bleeding (Clots), Immune System (white blood cell production increases), etc. |
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| Early healers relied on... |
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Definition
| Superstition, Magic and Herbs. |
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"Father of Anatomy"
Published famous book in 1540's with a human anatomy diagram.
Set standard for modern medicine.
Used Greek/Latin to name body parts. |
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| What factors stimulated an early interest in the human body? |
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| What language(s) formed the basis for the language of Anatomy and Physiology? |
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| Why is it difficult to separate the topics of Anatomy and physiology? |
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They go hand-in-hand.
"Form follows Function" and vice versa. |
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| Observations seen with the naked-eye. (Large) |
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| Observations only visible under a microscope. (Small) |
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